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Polish woman smashed in the face and knocked to ground after racist bust-up on Underground train

Haze, who has had a drinking problem since she was a teenager, apologised after she was escorted from the building by security and arrested.

She also sobbed during her sentencing, saying: “She’s a lovely, lovely woman and I am sorry.”

She told police she had never been a fan of the burka and claimed to have worked as a designer for the Beatles.

Ruta Mikailaite, defending, said Haze had been enjoying a belated birthday drink having turned 70 two days before but was celebrating late because the actual date was an “extremely upsetting time in her life”.

She said: “She remembers having a conversation

“It was a funny conversation. They were debating.

“She has views about the burka, she thinks it is unpleasant on women and they were discussing that.

District Judge Timothy King said: “This was an awful offence – totally unnecessary.

“Whatever your views on whether a burka is oppressive towards Muslim women, your behaviour and taking the action you did in destroying the piece of artwork which had so much effort, time and money invested in it was wholly unnecessary.”